Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 24
ste could de-sire. Upon the vergeof the sea, at the en-trance of a fertileplain, on the bank ofa navigable river, itunited the convenien-ces of a commercialtown with the secu-i-ty of a military sta-tion, and the romanticbeauty of a spot cele-brated in all ages forits pre-eminent loveli-ness. Its… … s^./^ DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII. 18 THE GLORY OF THE CITY. What an enchanting picture must have presented itseU toone approaching Pompeii by sea ! He beheld the bright, cheer-ful Grecian temples spreading out on the slopes before him ; thepillared Forum ; the rounded marble Theatres. He saw thegrand…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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